French trainer Xavier Nakkachdji
explains why he believes British stewards need to be tougher after his Spirit
Quartz was the chief sufferer in Saturday’s Coral Charge when Oisin Murphy
received a nine-day careless riding ban.

“I THINK the second, Wind Fire,
was going better than us and I have no problem with the decision not to reverse
the placings . If the lad [Murphy] had ridden normally he wouldhave been at least third and perhaps second.
It would have been mad to change the result like we did here in the Prix
Vermeille a few years ago, but there needs to be a serious clamp down on
careless riding.

“First, I must say that I
absolutely love English racing. Since I was a child it has fascinated me and I
remember all the Classic results and all the top jockeys.

“But nevertheless, over the last
few years, it has begun to look more and more ugly as a result of the way
jockeys now seem to ride to win at any cost.

“There isn’t a jockey in the
world who could have threaded a horse through the gap between Spirit Quartz and
Stepper Point, who were separated by the width of a cigarette paper at Sandown.

“I agree with the comments of
John Gosden in the Racing Post after Royal Ascot when he claimed an opposing
rider attempted to be in the same space as his horse [Eagle Top] in the
Hardwick Stakes].

“For careless riding, Wind Fire’s
jockey would have been banned for three weeks or a month in France.

“For the safety of the horses,
the integrity and the spectacle of the sport, I think the stewards need to come
down harder on careless riding.

“I love having runners in British
races, but I am afraid there is a danger they will lose their special flavour
if they are allow to descend to the level of a boxing match.

“When you think about the era of
Piggott and Eddery, Michael Roberts and Willie Carson, it wasn’t like that.

“I watched the Eclipse afterwards
and you had a clean, fast run race with no traffic problems and two great
horses. Mano a mano, may the best win.

“It was a beautiful race and when
I talk of what went before on Saturday afternoon, I am speaking as a spectator,
not as a trainer. "

Saturday July 11,Racing Post 2015

Richard Hughes
writes

“An all-too-common crime that stewards seemingly ignore. "

Pic: of Oisin Murphy: received a nine-day suspension at Sandown
last week.

CARELESS RIDING

“I BELIEVE our rules and guidelines regarding interference in
races are the best in the world. On the whole we have good clean racing, but I
do feel there are what I would call ‘Professional fouls’ being committed on a
perhaps too regular basis – and I speak as someone who has been the guilty
party as well as the victim.

“The subject is getting an airing as a result of the sprint
staged at Sandown on Coral-Eclipse day. Oisin Murphy went for a gap he should Racing
Post have left alone, which caused problems for the horses either side of him
he admitted his error straight away and duly received a nine-day suspension.

“Xavier Nakkachdji, the French trainer of one of the two
horses who suffered, wrote a piece in Monday’s Racing Post, in which he argued
“there needs to be a serious clampdown on careless riding” in Britain because
races are starting to look “ugly” . I don’t agree races are getting uglier but
I do believe there is a particular crime that stewards should start to consider
more closely.

“When a horse goes half a length up towards the end of a race
they will sometimes want to drift back in towards the horse who has just been
passed. It is, in fact, natural for a horse to want to lean in once going
halfway past another horse and on another horse and on a track with an uphill
finish, such as Sandown, it can be very hard for a jockey to keep his or her
going straight once in front. Jockeys, though, are often not trying very hard
at all.

”I have been the offender and I have been the victim. It is
the sort of thing that happens regularly, particularly at the end of the more
valuable contests. Jockeys are not deliberately trying to cut off the noses of
other horses but nor are they making much effort to stop interference taking
place. By allowinganimals to drift
jockeys are trying to make doubly sure a race is won. In the stewards’ room the
matter might get raised but, if asked, a jockey simply says he did his best to
straighten a horse. He knows full well that, even if found guilty, the worst
case scenario is probably just a suspension of one or two days.

“It must be said some jockeys don’t seem to get banned very
often for committing this sort of offence. I see it happening and I know it’s
going on Stewards would be entitled to take stronger action when they see it
taking place and I don’t think any of us in the weighing room could complain if
the penalties were a little harsher. If jockeys were more fearful of the
potential consequences of their actions – or inactions – there might be less
instances of this happening.

“I absolutely wouldn’t want us to start moving closer to the
rules in France, where if you go by a jockey he stands up in his irons and
produces the sort of acting performance that would make Gerard Depardieu proud.

“Likewise, in America – where you don’t get too much
interference as horses get strung outon
dirt – the rules are also strict, so much as I’ve seen a jockey celebrating
after finishing second because he knows he is going to be awarded arace.

“There are also small things that could be improved about our
own rules and the way they are policed. Overall, however, I still maintain ours
are better than those found elsewhere. "

INTERFERENCE

JMC: Jockeys need to have a
coach of their own choice throughout their licensed riding career. Many other
sports support this aid.

The Whip.

Care needs to be taken
when jockeys find themselves riding a close finish upsides another competitor.
It was noted yesterday in York’s feature 3.40: When Arabian Queen and
Golden Horn were fighting out the finish, to the line Golden Horn partner
Frankie Dettori racing on stands side, Silvestre de Sousa partnering Arabian
Queen on the far side, de Sousa had his whip in his right hand, he was using his
whip wide out, and in doing so was impeding Golden Horn’s run. Make no mistake
the racehorses know all about the whip, and when a jockey uses an excessive
whip area, this manouver stops or steadies the opposing horse. It was noted in
the past that Pat Eddery rode with this same whip habit. Needs to be made an out of bounds practice for very obvious reasons.

Something that British political, legal, racecourse and horseracing government don't bother about.

Key for all horsemen, racegoer's and punters' particularly to pick up on, and before punters place a bet. The True Racing Right Equus Zone Rules? Where are they? The licensed trainers and jockey's don't know. So how are they to be expected to compete in a race? Everyone has an absolute right to know and understand what these TRUE BLOODHORSE LITERATE HORSERACING RULES ARE ESPECIALLY JOCKEYS AND PUNTERS. In all sport there are the true rules set out for each sport worldwide, wherever played, no matter in what country they remain the same. Bar horseracing, a massive government oversight.

Just the same as absolutely key for a Racing Right Equus Medication Zone. Where is it? These governments don't even bother to have a true Medication Zone. Instead they use harsh punishments to warn trainers off for life, taking their licences and livelyhood off them libelling and perjuring them names as crooks.British government only interested in the money they can take out of horseracing. No matter if earned by other people.

RACING RIGHT EQUUS ZONE - DEFINED :

TO STOP 7 DECADES OF GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL THEFT AND CORRUPTION.

British Government Betting Right Zone

British Government Equus Racing Right Zone

Calling for government to act over Racecourses who Rip- Off Trainer's and their Team- Handler - Riders

when working on racecourses every day. These true horsemen and true horsewomen need to be properly paid by racecourses when working to present the racehorses to the public on racedays, £200.00 pounds an hour.. Without whom there would not be any horseracing. Bloodhorse literacy needs to be truly recognised and properly paid for. All Bloodhorse Literate Achievements have a true purpose. To provide a True Career Handler-Rider Zone with pay to match expertize in and out of the saddle. Racecourses to pay all licensed handler-rider-trainer and trainer-team members who work on their racecourses every day , all those who care for, and travel with the racehorses every day travelling the racehorses to and from racecourses, all those who provide and present horseracing to the public each and every day on racecourses..